When we received Farrington Mission, we inherited two Farrington Baptist Church church plants that meet in the mission. This evening, Pastor Sonny and I are set to meet for the first time with the pastors of these two churches. We are looking forward to getting to know these men and hearing their hearts. We are also excited to share NEHBC's vision for Farrington Mission and to help them get on the same page with us re: the mission's future.
As NEHBC knows, our vision is for churches like these two to be birthed in Farrington Mission and develop until they can find a facility of their own at which time they will move out of the mission and we will start new churches. The ultimate end of the mission is to make disciples through church planting. So, in a sense, the church plants are tenants in our mission and NEHBC is their landlord.
As NEHBC knows, our vision is for churches like these two to be birthed in Farrington Mission and develop until they can find a facility of their own at which time they will move out of the mission and we will start new churches. The ultimate end of the mission is to make disciples through church planting. So, in a sense, the church plants are tenants in our mission and NEHBC is their landlord.
The model for church planting through our mission is to create open doors into the mission that will give us access to the lives of lost people. The open doors are our ministries: food pantry, clothing closet, ESL classes, the crisis pregnancy center, basketball, dance, etc. We hope to bring the lost in through these open doors, lead them to faith in Christ, and funnel them right into the church plants meeting in the mission where they can be discipled and transformed into disciple making disciples.
We have bathed tonight's meeting in prayer and we desire for it to bring glory to Jesus Christ.
We have bathed tonight's meeting in prayer and we desire for it to bring glory to Jesus Christ.
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